User talk:Mono/Archive 16

Use of non-free content on Wikipedia
Hi, Mono. User:Chzz brought to my attention that you may have some lingering uncertainty about how non-free content on Wikipedia is handled, and my own evaluation suggests that there is some clean-up work that you need to do to address some outstanding copyright concerns.

For instance, on February 20th, you created the article History of Google Docs. The content you used to create it seems to have come from this Wikipedia article:. While many contributors do not realize this, content on Wikipedia is not public domain, but only licensed liberally for reuse. One of the conditions of that reuse is that you must give credit. See Copying within Wikipedia for more. Please provide proper credit for History of Google Docs. You'll also need to provide credit for Chinatown, because with this edit you copied content from Chinatown, Brooklyn and/or Chinatowns in Canada and the United States. I'm not sure where you got Google buzz, but it's obvious you got it from somewhere else on Wikipedia by the "Cite error" at your foundation. You need to credit that, too. Even though this content was all copied from within Wikipedia, it's still a copyright problem if the source isn't given. Also, if you have copied other content within Wikipedia--even if it was a long time ago--please make sure you go back and attribute it.

Meanwhile, this edit is a little alarming, too. :) Translated from what? If you've translated it from another Wikipedia, that needs crediting (directions for that still under Copying within Wikipedia). If you've translated it from somewhere else, where?

Based on this, I wanted also to expound on this passage from our copyright policy: "Note that copyright law governs the creative expression of ideas, not the ideas or information themselves. Therefore, it is legal to read an encyclopedia article or other work, reformulate the concepts in your own words, and submit it to Wikipedia, so long as you do not follow the source too closely. (See our Copyright FAQ for more on how much reformulation may be necessary as well as the distinction between summary and abridgment.) However, it would still be unethical (but not illegal) to do so without citing the original as a reference."

Reformulating the concept in your own words requires not only using different language, but also revising the structure of your original. This is an element of copyright protection that is not as commonly encountered: creativity not only exists in language, but also in the structure and organization of ideas of a source. If you change the language but not the structure, you run the risk of creating a "derivative work". (This is one of the reasons why you can't translate something from one language into another without permission, even though you may change every single word.) Rather than switching out a few words in a sentence, we really have to rewrite them completely (which is often quite a pain in the neck, unfortunately :/).

To avoid this, we recommend writing from scratch when you begin rather than copying elements from other sources and then trying to alter them as you go. It is very hard when you do it that way to escape copyright issues. The essay Close paraphrasing contains some suggestions for rewriting that may help avoid these problems. The article Wikipedia Signpost/2009-04-13/Dispatches, while about plagiarism rather than copyright concerns, also contains some suggestions for reusing material from sources that may be helpful, beginning under "Avoiding plagiarism".

Please let me know if you have any questions about this or if you need more information about how to correct unattributed Wikipedia copying. I'll be watching your talk page for a time. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:30, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Opinion
Hi, that word is kind of not sexy in a title for a SP page, I think. Can't it be made explicit at the opening, instead, and the word plus colon just dropped from the title? Tony  (talk)  00:59, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

See my comment there. Ncmvocalist (talk) 14:06, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Your sig
Hi Mono, when you made this edit I noticed that your signature partly overlaps the text above and below the line on which it appears. Would you mind making the vertical dimension of the box slighly smaller? Cheers and tia - DVdm (talk) 21:03, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
 * And, if you could, tell NSD the same thing, if you don't mind. :| TelCo  NaSp  Ve :|  21:07, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

This
was incorrect because the image is PD. Please read the copyright tags next time. Color alone does not make it original enough to be copyrighted.  — fetch ·  comms   01:37, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Best wishes
Sorry to see that you're mostly retired. Hopefully you'll stick around and maybe reverse your retirement sometime soon. Regardless, best wishes in your real life endeavors, and I hope you return fully sometime in the future! Airplaneman  ✈  01:50, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
 * ^Ditto. Hopefully you'll return with a renewed passion before too long. Best wishes, HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   01:11, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

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Hi, your Userpage User:Mono/Sandbox/1 appears in this category, and two others too. Since this probably a mistake, I suggest you prevent the page from showing up there. (In case it might help you/no offence intended: you can put a semicolon before the category like  Category:Wikipedia image help , or use  ). -DePiep (talk) 16:55, 27 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the invite. I'm not sure if this would have been better if you organized it so that it would not clash with the GOCE September drive. As it appears to be modeled on the GOCE drive, having it on the same month might be confusing. In addition, I'm not sure how many people you will get as we will all be busy with our own drive. For example, having it in October would have been much better. Just IMHO. – S Masters (talk) 04:05, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I agree. I'll contact AirplanePro.  ℳ ono   13:16, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Graphic lab
Hi there, I was hoping you could take a look at Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop and Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop when you have a moment to leave a status update on each. Thanks, §hep  Talk  17:04, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

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 * Thanks! I'm also looking at doing a Mahoo! one. :)  ℳ ono   01:31, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Lol, that'd be great :D. Airplaneman   ✈  01:32, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Hah, I just saw your userpage - it's great! Shouldn't the result of the "search" and "I'm Feeling Lucky" buttons be switched around though? :) ~Super Hamster  Talk Contribs 01:35, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I suppose, if you can make it do that. I can't find a way. :p @Airman- http://i34.tinypic.com/5a2e55.jpg  ℳ ono   01:36, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Airplaneman  ✈  01:38, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Fascinating. You didn't add the "© 2010 - Privacy" (easy to add) and the "Advanced Search Language Tools" (harder a bit). Otherwise, very nice.  — fetch ·  comms   01:40, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Try switching them around. "I'm Feeling Lucky" is for quick searches, and "Google Search" is for general ones. If you're interested, Google also has this on its front page. :| TelCo  NaSp  Ve :|  02:52, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * The problem is that they can't be simply switched around - the inputbox extension makes the "I'm Feeling Lucky" function come first and the searching function come second, regardless of the order that they're placed in. ~Super Hamster  Talk Contribs 02:56, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Tel, that's already gone where I am. It was to commemorate the victims of Hurricane Katrina.  ℳ ono   03:05, 30 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Pretty awesome from me as well. :) Connormah 01:14, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

KIS Article
Hey, sorry about that, I messed up my citation, just fixed it. PlantRunner (talk) 00:17, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * That's ok. :)  ʄ lame   00:19, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

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Great ad, Mono!
That was a great ad you created for our drive. Could you add it to Template:Wikipedia ads? WikiCopter RadioChecklistFormerly AirplanePro 16:13, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

October drive
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Would you mind...?
...listing the following at T:TDYK for me when you get the chance? I laptop broke, so I'm stuck using my ancient desktop computer and loading that long of a page crashes it. Thanks! :) ~ Qwerp Qwertus  Talk  ツ   02:33, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
 * By the way, I like your userpage - why didn't I think of that? ~ Qwerp</i> Qwertus  Talk  ツ   02:38, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
 * "✅ <span style="border:2px solid grey;background:black;padding:1px;color:gold;text-shadow:white 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em"> ℳ ono   02:40, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks! ~ <i style="font-size:small; font-family:Arial; color:#666990;">Qwerp</i> Qwertus  Talk  ツ   02:51, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

WOW!!!
Somebody liked my work on the Apple Inc. hardware enough to roll it out! I still have some changes in mind. But now that it’s live, I’ll make them on the actual navbox. Thanks again! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Infodriveway (talk • contribs) 04:53, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Yi-Jen Lai
My assessment was correct at the time it was applied. The article consisted of no more than a line or two at that time, and my tagging for speedy delete was wholly appropriate. I am very familiar with speedy-delete policies, having applied them hundreds, perhaps thousands of times over the years. Thank you. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 02:39, 31 August 2010 (UTC)


 * I believe that my wait time was about 10 minutes. Where is this "current consensus" discussed? - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 04:35, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Your wait time seems to be 1 min; the article was created at :57 and you tagged it at :58. <span style="border:3px solid grey;background:black;padding:1px;color:gold;text-shadow:white 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em"> ʄ lame   14:19, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

I'm Removing Your Warning
You warned me about my edits for edits on minimum wage, and I'm kind of offended. As you can see Dashbot reverted the VANDALISM one second before my revert went through. It's obviously a timing issue and I don't appreciate you slapping a vandal warning against me for it. Thank you for undoing it, but I'm going to remove those warnings from my talk page.--Torchwood Who? (talk) 14:38, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Also, can you please explain why the vandalism warnings that I placed on user 123pizza were marked as vandalism? I'm considering taking this to ANI--Torchwood Who? (talk) 14:40, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
 * You haven't responded so I've taken this to WP:ANI at the thread "Overzealous Warnings by Dripping Flame". Please comment there if you wish to discuss.--Torchwood Who? (talk) 14:50, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Torchwood Who, it's very possible DF made an honest mistake here. Please give him some time to respond.  ceran  thor 15:00, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Considered the ANI resolved for now, but would like some discussion to happen on talk.--Torchwood Who? (talk) 15:13, 3 September 2010 (UTC) <span style="border:2px solid grey;background:black;padding:1px;color:gold;text-shadow:white 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em"> ℳ ono   15:51, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
 * You reverted a revert, which is your problem. You are responsible for any edits you make with a tool.
 * I reverted your revert of a revert, because it reinstated vandalism.
 * Is that clear?
 * Actually, it's not because you followed me to the VANDAL's page and reverted my valid warnings, then WARNED ME for writing them on the user's page. Is THAT clear?--Torchwood Who? (talk) 15:56, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Please don't shout. It's only an edit.
 * The tool I was using "weights" edits, so if you are reverted, it turns bright red and flashes PROBABLE VANDALISM.
 * You were weighted before I reverted you, so someone must've reverted you before me.
 * I'm ready to move on.

<span style="border:3px solid grey;background:black;padding:1px;color:gold;text-shadow:white 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em"> ʄ lame   16:00, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Please do and make it in a direction far away from me. I'll do the same.--Torchwood Who? (talk) 16:03, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

No Angels
I removed it because there is no need in it! They don't have enough singles to have that, so i just added it with the "no angels" template. So is it possible to delete that? AtomicMarcusKitten (talk) 16:09, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Did you create it? Otherwise, you have to bring it to Templates for Deletion. <span style="border:3px solid grey;background:black;padding:1px;color:gold;text-shadow:white 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em"> ʄ lame   16:10, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

A thought
Why don't you add a direct link to Dripping Flame's bad revert page in the account's signature, like I do with Whisky drinker? I've found the "victims" of bad reverts to be generally less hostile since I added it. Just a thought. :) Whisky drinker  &#124;  HJ's sock  (Mistake? let me know) 01:19, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
 * That sounds good. <span style="border:2px solid grey;background:black;padding:1px;color:gold;text-shadow:white 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em"> ℳ ono   14:04, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

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Your motto
So, what do you think? Don't forget to rate the motto! Secret Saturdays  ( talk to me )what's new? 01:10, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Kosovic
I see you proposed Kosovic for deletion. The deletion was contested, but the article has now gone to AfD. JamesBWatson (talk) 09:49, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Motto Shop
Why did you rate it with a zero? He obviously isn't done yet. Hi 8 7 8  (Come shout at me!) 00:17, 7 September 2010 (UTC)


 * That's the point! :) lol <span style="border:3px solid grey;background:black;padding:1px;color:gold;text-shadow:white 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em"> ʄ lame  (report mistake) 00:46, 7 September 2010 (UTC)


 * I have a letter for you about your unreasonable posting on my talkpage and refusal to understand a joke. Please familiarize yourself with this letter that I wrote. <span style="border:2px solid grey;background:black;padding:1px;color:gold;text-shadow:white 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em"> ℳ ono   01:40, 7 September 2010 (UTC)


 * The link doesn't work, my good sir.  Hi 8 7 8   (Come shout at me!) 02:54, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

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 * No. Bots must be approved to edit; I used a script. Go ahead and revert the edit. <span style="border:2px solid grey;background:black;padding:1px;color:gold;text-shadow:white 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em"> ℳ ono   05:23, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

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Volcanoes again
I missed your response to my earlier question. Would you be willing to move the WP:Volcanoes report up to the empty slot on Oct 4? -Mabeenot (talk) 01:44, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Sure! By the way, a bot archives anything marked with resolved, so that may have done it. You can always find stuff at User:Mono/Archive Index. <span style="border:2px solid grey;background:black;padding:1px;color:gold;text-shadow:white 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em"> ℳ ono   03:17, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Associate Director Article
Hi. I have tried to follow your suggestions to improve this article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Catherine_Fitzgerald#Catherine_Fitzgerald. There are abundant news article sources for this director. A complete resume can be accessed here AusStage I hope that helps. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.96.234.165 (talk) 02:36, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Hello! It looks better; the more references the better. The next step is to format your article using footnotes; this page will show you how. <span style="border:2px solid grey;background:black;padding:1px;color:gold;text-shadow:white 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em"> ℳ ono   03:17, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi again. Thanks for your help. I have added references. Hope this is an improvement. Thanks. (129.96.234.165 (talk) 02:41, 24 September 2010 (UTC))

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Thurber - Wonderful O
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We are half-way through our final round, entering the home straight. leads at the time of writing with 1180 points, immediately followed by with 1175 points. closely follows in third place with 1100 points. For those who are interested, data about the finalists has been compiled at WikiCup/History/2010/finalists, while a list of content submitted by all WikiCup contestants prior to this round has been compiled at WikiCup/History/2010/Submissions. As ever, anything contestants worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

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WP:WWF/D/2010/O
` Mono, I'm probably going to be offline a lot during October. Could you monitor the talkpage, create a progress graph and send out reports to start, at the midpoint and end of the drive? Thanks a lot! WikiCopter RadioChecklistFormerly AirplanePro 20:52, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Sure. I'll do my best, and likely ask someone else to help. <span style="border:3px solid grey;background:black;padding:1px;color:gold;text-shadow:white 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em"> Ⓢ ock    03:09, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Many thanks. WikiCopter    Radio-icon.svg   List icon.gif   Formerly AirplanePro 17:17, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Can you kindly take care of the progress table for me also? I will track the individual user progress and update the leaderboard. WikiCopter (radio &bull; sorties &bull;  images &bull;  shot down) 00:30, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Will try to. THENEW M O NO   23:24, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive Conclusion
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Truly random pick
In respect to the Wikification drive, randomarticle.php might be better =) <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"><b style="color:#731A25;">Res</b> Mar 21:46, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

The New Mono
Let me guess, up next is The New Sock and The New Flame. ~  Nerdy Science  Dude  23:22, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
 * We'll see, TheNewScienceDude... THENEW M O NO   23:23, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

User:Mono/Banner
You requested User:Mono/Banner be deleted, which I did, however it is in use on this talk page. I'd be happy to help fix the formatting and such, but if you're keen to redo it yourself, I don't want to interfere. Thanks, --TeaDrinker (talk) 23:46, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

TFD
Heh, thanks. Next time, could you at least tell me? I remember adding a rationale (speedy per WP:G7 per author request), but it somehow didn't register. Anyways, thanks for catching that. Airplaneman  ✈  01:55, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
 * BTW, love the gradient. Airplaneman   ✈  01:55, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Sure. BTW, the color changes based on my status. Face-smile.svg THENEW M O NO   02:07, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

What is "yuck"
You have me worried. Tony  (talk)  03:44, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
 * The image, not the article. THENEW M O NO   03:45, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
 * It will look like a generalised "yuck" at the whole article. You mean that the octopus is a little creepy. Tony   (talk)  07:17, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Robert Twycross
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THANK YOU! Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 01:38, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Airplaneman  ✈  01:54, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

BLPPROD of Kevin Haslam (American football)
Hi Mono,

I have removed the BLPPROD you placed on Kevin Haslam (American football) because the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:Proposed_deletion_of_biographies_of_living_people indicates that an external link verifying some of the information in the article is enough to make an article ineligible for BLPPROD. In the case of Kevin Haslam, the link to his Jacksonville Jaguars page does verify some of the information in the article and is sufficient to make the article ineligible for deletion by BLPPROD. Calathan (talk) 23:08, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you for alerting me of this. THENEW M O NO   00:58, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi.
Hey. Can you give me a good thing to research? It's not homework, it's just that I'm bored. Ian 06:55, 5 October 2010 (UTC) Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ian.bjorn (talk • contribs)
 * THENEW M O NO  01:05, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Check your inbox
Airplaneman  ✈  02:36, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Odd. I thought I disabled email. THENEW M O NO   02:59, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Re'd. THENEW M O NO   03:05, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Userpage design
Hi there. You indicated that you wanted your userpage to be redesigned. I would be happy to do so, but I charge a fee for my services:
 * 25 constructive mainspace edits. This means adding verifiably sourced content, not just spelling fixes, vandal reverts, that sort of thing.

or


 * 15 new pages patrolled. See here for quick instructions on how to get started. The most important thing is to start at the back of the log, with the oldest pages.

or


 * 1 Good Article Review.

If you would like me to design a userpage for you, please do one of the above, and leave a message on my talkpage with the relevant diffs (or a link to your patrol log), as well as any notes about colours or whatnot.→ ROUX   ₪  03:04, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah; I knew I would be hearing from you soon. Will do, but quick question: does patrolling the CSD category count? THENEW M O NO   03:11, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Unless you are an admin, you cannot remove or approve CSDs, so I'm not really sure what you mean by that? No need for talkbacks, I have your page on my watchlist. → ROUX   ₪  03:15, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * THENEW M O NO  03:17, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Except you did the wrong thing there. Only admins can review CSDs. What you should have done was placed the hangon tag in the right place. In any case, I would like to see content building, really. → ROUX   ₪  03:20, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Many non-admins do it, and it is not specifically forbidden, but that is beside the point. I like your system! Anyway, I'll get the diffs to you. THENEW M O NO  03:27, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * ,

BTW, not working for me in Google Chrome on Vector. Looks all jumbled, and the talk page text floats off my screen to the left. If you want, I can take some screenshots. From what I can tell though, nice design! Airplaneman  ✈  23:53, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Have a look here. → ROUX   ₪  05:13, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Before I make your talkpage match, I need to know whether you're using Cluebot or Miszabot for archiving. You have instructions for both... → ROUX   ₪  05:23, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I was bored, I left both in. I don't really like how the /header looks in regards to everything else, but I figured you wanted to keep it. → ROUX   ₪  08:40, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: User:Mono/header is in violation of GFDL. We need to attribute within Wikipedia as well as outside of it... so you need to at minimum link to the diff of the version of the template where you got the code from. → ROUX   ₪  05:45, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah I just looked at it in (shudder) IE. Vector seems to break a lot of stuff. The interesting thing is that only the talkpage breaks in Vector, not the userpage. Yet they both use tables in exactly the same way? Very odd. Set your prefs to monobook and you'll see what it should look like :P → ROUX   ₪  23:58, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah, mostly fixed, one minor issue to fix now. → ROUX   ₪  00:02, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Looks the same for me in monobook and vector now :). Airplaneman   ✈  00:04, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I use Vector full-time, and it looks good. The only thing I can figure out is how to get the + icon's box to be the same size as the box to the right of it. THENEW M O NO   02:15, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I think it's just an artifact of hacking -moz-border-radius to make circles. I think. I'll fiddle. (you still owe me a bunch of edits :P) → ROUX   ₪  02:33, 8 October 2010 (UTC)


 * I know, but it's almost the weekend, so I'll get em done then. THENEW M O NO   03:19, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Mono, I'm ready!
Hey, Mono! I just got unblocked! Let's do this thing! Ian (talk) 22:02, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Wonderful. Your progress will be logged at User:Ian.bjorn/Adoption; start at User:Mono/Classroom/Crash_Course_in_Procedure. THENEW M O NO   22:46, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

For the Vandalism classes, I think you should know that I've got Twinkle. I just changed my settings. Ian (talk) 23:59, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

And my progress is not logged at the Adoption thing! Ian (talk) 01:28, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Take a deep breath. Mono has other things to do as well, you know. → ROUX   ₪  02:02, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I cannot read minds (sadly), and I was offline for a bit. I'll try to be better with my status. THENEW M O NO   02:04, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Jayfeather can. Ian (talk) 06:51, 8 October 2010 (UTC) (For some reason I like to compare things with Warriors)

Assignment answers
Ok, Mono. I should sign my posts with 4 tildes (~ ~ ~ ~) 23:48, 7 October 2010 (UTC)). I have to write down an edit summary so that people know why I edited or added that post. Also, I should do on Wiki what I would do in real life, like asking for help or not vandalizing. I should be civil so I don't get blocked(again), such as discussing whether or not I should delete another editor's additions, and also I should assume that everyone is trying to help Wiki unless there is evidence that they are vandalizing. I should be bold because we're human and we make mistakes. I should not do any original research, which means I should be using sourced facts. Finally, I should make sure that my articles merit Wiki's standards.

So how did I do? Ian (talk) 23:48, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * You should try to do these in normal editing; just saying it won't help as much, IMHO. Airplaneman   ✈  00:06, 8 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Oh. Anyway, what is IMHO? (I'll add the tildes with spaces so I don't get mistaken.) Ian (talk) 01:26, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
 * It means In My Humble Opinion. Please also read WP:INDENT to learn how to format talkpage comments properly. → ROUX   ₪  02:01, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Oh. Any way, I can do my Warriors thing as well as my second assignment! Sweet! Ian (talk) 02:31, 8 October 2010 (UTC) (There's a cleanup part on it)

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What the...
What was this about? Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 03:34, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm trying to keep Ian from socializing and myspacing. THENEW M O NO  ™ 23:07, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
 * He should at least be able to sign my guestbook. Also, Igloo is for blatant vandalism only, and I don't call that vandalism. Access Denied  [FATAL ERROR] 23:10, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I think Mono was actually on the right track there, AD. Ian needs to be completely forbidden from this social networking nonsense, and then we'll see if he's actually here to write an encyclopedia. → ROUX   ₪  23:50, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Mono, was quitting your job as an adopter an accident? Ian (talk) 22:10, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Nice design!
Your pages look cool! Where did you learn such an amount of advanced code? I am a violinist ♫ talk to me here!  13:12, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
 * designed it Face-smile.svg. ⅊™ 22:34, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Auto Wiki Browser
Hi Mono, I noticed on several of the articles you are editing you are leaving two of the same type tag. Example. I assume it might be by accident so I removed one of the two tags. Best, -- Alpha Quadrant   talk    04:34, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Hello. Those are different tags - they look the same though. Thanks, THE M O NO  ™ 00:24, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

"My userspace" sidebar
The links in your "My userspace" sidebar don't work, and it appears under my toolbox links. Would you please place it where the links can actually be clicked on? Thanks. ~  Nerdy Science  Dude  01:48, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
 * The links all work for me. I suspect the problem is the positioning; it doesn't take into account individual user prefs in terms of what is displayed in the toolbox. For me, it covers up half the toolbox. → ROUX   ₪  01:51, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

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